Well, consider this -- the typical "touring" bike, which gets ridden maybe a hundred miles at a shot, looks like a road bike. These riders don't bother with a huge saddle-to-bar drop like track racers or Pro Tour riders, but they're not sitting bolt-upright like on a Townie or a Dutch-style bike, either.

They're also not shooting for supreme aerodynamics. They're looking for comfortable weight distribution. The rider's weight isn't leaving, of course. When some cyclists want less weight on their hands, they're going to put more weight on their butt; some of them forget that part and start wondering why their butts hurt so much.

I was going to start writing about what bikes I use now and why, but the heck with that. I've told people that their first bike is just used to decide what to get for the second and third bikes. You're partway down that path now. At the end of your post, you asked about the Jamis Citizen; I'd say to also look at the Coda and Allegro series, and maybe even throw a leg over their Aurora, Satellite, or Quest models. Just because those last three model ranges have drop bars doesn't mean that they're hardcore race bikes -- they just gain several more hand positions to make longer distances easier.